A land half won: pain and the modern world

To the Editor: We thank Ashby for highlighting the need for multimodal treatment of persistent pain.1

1 Pain Management Research Institute, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, University of Sydney and Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW.
2 PainAustralia, Sydney, NSW.

Correspondence: lesley.brydon@painaustralia.org.au

Competing interests:

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4. Institute of Medicine. Relieving pain in America: a blueprint for transforming prevention, care, education, and research. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2011: 5-24. http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2011/Relieving-Pain-in-America-A-Blueprint-for-transforming-Prevention-Care-Education-Research.aspx (accessed Jul 2014).

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